Improved hassock-machine



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Letters Patent No. 78,350, dated May 26, 1868.

IMPROVED HASSOGK-MAGHINE.

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-TO ALL WHOM IT MAYCONCERN:

Be it known that I, C. F. ANTHONY, of Chicago, in the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, have invented an Improved Hassock-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof',

reference being had to the accompanying/drawings, and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon, making a v part of this specicatiomin which#- Figure is a centralsectional elevation of my invention. Figre 2 a top view of the same.

Figure 3, drawing 2, a perspective representation of that part of the hoop in which the hassoek is formed.

Figure 4a top view of the bottom of the hoop. j

The nature of this invention consists in the use of a three-part hoop, divided horizontally alittle above the middle, and the lower .part divided vertically end hinged at the bottom, the top part being used for holding the material necessary for stuflnga hassook, and the bottom part for giving the hassock the required shape.

The three parts are made-to form a iluted cylinder, of such shape as the hassoel; is to have when completed, and the rim ofthe lower parts has a series ofrbrads projecting upward and into the rim of the upper part, for the. purpose of holding the covering of the hassock in place, when being filled.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I have marked corresponding parts with similar letters, and .will now proceedto give a detailed description.

B B, ig.l1, drawing 1, and'g. 3, drawing' 2, represent the lower part ef the hoop, which is made of two pieces of thin sheet metal, and with convex utes on its periphery, corresponding with the shape which the has` sock is to have when finished, and its lower edge is rigidly fastened to a tivo-paltbottom, P I), figs. 3 and 4, drawing 2, hinged togetherat HII, for the purpose of permitting the parts B B to be opened, as at fig. 3, and the hassock removed. .The bottom, I? P, has depressions a e, &c., made in it, of such formas is desirable for the top of the hassock to have, and the top of'thelheop BB is rigidly attached to a two-part rim, C C, which hasa series ot' sharp brads, a a, die., projecting upward, and used for holding the hassock-covering in place when being stuffed.

Hooks or catches F F are pivoted to the edges ofthe rim C, and fasten over pins bin the opposite rims, and are used to hold the parts B closely together. l

The upper part, A,fot` the hoop is made of the same material as the parts B B, and is also tluted to eorre lspend, with them, but is made of a single sheet of metalfangl it has a wooden rim, D, attached to its lower edge, as seen at fig. 1, corresponding with the rim C C of the parts B B. This rim has holes in its under side, invwhich the hrads a a, Ste., lit, when the two rims are put together, and has metal guides, I I, iig. 2, put through'it, and projecting downward and into holes S S in the'rim C C, by'whieh means thetop hoop is held directly over the parts B B. i Y

E represents a wooden follower, whose peripheryis made to conform to the shape ofthe hoop, and is used, in conjunction with a screw, Il, and press-frame K K, for compressing the stuiling in the hassock.

Operation.

The covering of the hassock should he made to conform to the shape of the hoop B B, (when closed,) in which it is put top downward, and the bottom edge hooked over the brads a a,"'& c., after which the top, A, should be put on the partB B, as seen at fig. 1, and theL whole sot in the pressframe K, having previously filled the hoop with stuffing. The compressing is done by simply turning the screw L, in the usual manner for this kind of work. To remove the h'assocli, the top, A., should he taken oit, andthe edges of the covering taken from the brads a a, after whieh'the catches F can be loosened, and the parts B B opened, as seen at iig. 3, drawing 2.

This arrangement is quite simple, yet of importance for the purpose designed, as much ditiiculty is experienced in removing a hassock from a single hoop, and also holding the edge of the covering when being filled. Hencethe usefulness of the invention is very evident.

. Having thus described my invention, what Iclai'm, and desire to scure by L'eters-k Patent of thcUpted States,is "y i y v y' i f N "i f v The three-part hoopnA B B, whose top, A, isrmovableyand the lower part B B hinged at the bottom, 'and having a. rim, C C, with projecting brads a a, &c., for holding a. llagsockcover, substantially as and for the pur- Psesetforth. v` v v C. F. ANTHONYo Witnesses: 1 l

G. L.CHAP1N, 7 A. HAYWARD. 

